Jazz Articles about Kevin Eubanks

About Kevin Eubanks

Album Review

In occasione dell'ottantesimo compleanno di Dave Holland, la Edition Records pubblica Freedom Call, un cofanetto di sei LP, tre CD e in streaming, che riunisce inediti live di tre formazioni fondamentali della sua carriera: il sestetto con Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks ed Eric Harland, la formazione che aveva inciso Pass It On; il quintetto con Chris Potter, Robin Eubanks, Steve Nelson e, nella configurazione qui documentata, Nate Smith; e il quartetto Prism, con Craig Taborn, Kevin ...

Liner Notes

Jean-Luc Ponty: No Absolute Time

by Peter Rubie
April 23, 2023

When we talk about world music, we often use the phrase in quiet desperation to describe music that defies familiarity and our expectations but still appeals to us. Its very newness is often both slightly disturbing and refreshing at the same time. Two years before No Absolute Time was released in 1993, Jean-Luc Ponty (JLP) produced one called Tchokola. In an interview for this re-release, JLP said, “Tchokola was a very special project for me. I recorded it ...

Six Picks

April 2022

by Pat Youngspiel
April 13, 2022

Remboato Remboato Nagalu 2022 After pianist Koichi Sato's Embryo—praised in a recent Six Picks issue not only for its musical excellence but also for the elaborate packaging and presentation that Shinya Fukumori's Nagalu label offers— Remboato is the Japanese label's second outing of the year and features a remarkable acoustic quartet made up of guitarist Kazuma Fujimoto, pianist Sumire Kuribayashi, bassist Toru Nishijima and label-boss Fukumori himself on drums. Expanding on the delicately lyrical ...

Album Review

Dave Holland: Another Land

Read "Another Land" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
August 2, 2021

Though bass legend Dave Holland's entire career has been one marked by adventure, it has been a while since he recorded back-to-back albums with the same working group. Recordings such as Hands (Dare2, 2010), with flamenco guitarist Pepe Habichuela, the duo outing The Art of Conversation (Impulse! 2014) with Kenny Barron, Blue Maqams (ECM, 2017) with Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem and Good Hope (Edition Records, 2019) with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter, suggest a musician increasingly stimulated ...

Album Review

Dave Holland / Kevin Eubanks / Obed Calvaire: Another Land

Read "Another Land" reviewed by Emmanuel Di Tommaso

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
May 24, 2021

Dave Holland ritorna protagonista della scena musicale con l'album Another Land, pubblicato dalla Edition Records, e che riunisce, al fianco del monumentale bassista inglese, Kevin Eubanks e Obed Calvaire. Si tratta di un album registrato in studio e composto interamente da brani inediti che il trio ha concepito durante una serie di esibizioni live definite dal Guardian come “un inferno alimentato da un blues evocante lo spirito di Hendrix." Dopo aver suonato, sia come band leader che in ...

Album Review

Ralph Peterson & the Messenger Legacy: Onward & Upward

Read "Onward & Upward" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
August 8, 2020

Generally speaking, legacy bands are created to preserve the music of an artist. They feature innovative interpretations of an artist's compositions or past performances to share with future generations of listeners. In the case of drummer Ralph Peterson, his ambitious efforts to honor the continuum of his mentor Art Blakey are forward thinking, about a collective gathering of resources that stress creative thought and individuality. Just as the true legacy of the Jazz Messengers portends, contributors are charged with replenishing ...

Album Review

Kevin Eubanks: East West Time Line

Read "East West Time Line" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
September 19, 2017

Il nuovo album del chitarrista Kevin Eubanks, che segue Duets realizzato nel 2015 con il collega Stanley Jordan, si innesta direttamente nella grande tradizione della chitarra jazz, di cui da oltre trenta anni è uno dei maggiori interpreti. Da sempre poco interessato a sperimentazioni timbriche o strutturali, Eubanks ha preferito concentrare il suo approccio allo strumento cercando di modernizzare il linguaggio classico di Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel e Jim Hall concentrandosi principalmente sull'interpretazione e l'espressività. La sua lunga carriera testimonia ...